{"id":"MA-004","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Charles D. Baker","authority":"St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A","instrument":"COVID-19 Order No. 3","title":"Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools","dateIssued":"2020-03-15","effective":"End of the school day March 16, 2020","end":"Extended by Order No. 16 (to May 4, 2020) and Order No. 28 (to June 29, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-05-04","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["all public and private K-12 schools"],"clause":"All public and private elementary and secondary (K-12) schools in the Commonwealth, excluding residential and day schools for special needs students, shall suspend all normal, in-person instruction and other educational operations at the end of the school day on Monday, March 16, 2020 and shall not re-open for normal operations before Monday, April 6, 2020.","enforcement":"DPH and DESE with local boards of health; penalties under St. 1950, c. 639, s. 8","functions":["WF workforce (children at home)","IN in-person instruction (private schools)","FS/TR school food service and transport contractors"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/march-15-2020-school-closure-order/download","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200512081510/https://www.mass.gov/doc/march-15-2020-school-closure-order/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":85719,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-004","citation":"Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 3 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MA-004)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MA-005","MA-003","MA-002","MA-007","MA-001","MA-006","MA-008","MA-010","MA-011","MA-012","MA-013","MA-014"]}